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George Washington

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1st President
1789-1797 (two-term)
Independent Party
VP: John Adams
Born in Virginia
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John Adams

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2nd President
1797-1801
Federalist Party
VP: Thomas Jefferson
Born in Massachusetts
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Thomas Jefferson

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3rd President
1801-1809 (two-term)
Democratic-Republican Party
VP: Aaron Burr (1801-1805) and George Clinton (1805-1809)
Born in Virginia
Louisiana Purchase, Lewis & Clark Expedition, Hamilton-Burr duel

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James Madison

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4th President
1809-1817 (two-term)
Democratic-Republican Party
VP: George Clinton (1809-1811), NONE (1812-13; 1814-17), Elbridge Gerry (1813-1814)
Born in Virginia
Battle of Tippecanoe, War of 1812, Napoleon loses at Waterloo

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James Monroe

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5th President
1817-1825 (two-term)
Democratic-Republican Party
VP: Daniel Tompkins
Born in Virginia
Monroe won 1820 election unopposed, only Pres other than Washington to do so
Missouri Compromise
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John Quincy Adams

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6th President
1825-1829
Democratic-Republican Party
VP: John Calhoun
Born in Massachusetts
Erie Canal opens
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Andrew Jackson

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7th President
1829-1837 (two-term)
Democratic Party
VP: John Calhoun (1829-1832), NONE (1832-33), Martin Van Buren (1833-1837)
Born in Carolinas
Scotland Yard opens, Assassination attempt fails - Jackson clobbers assailant, Darwin visits Galapagos, Siege of the Alamo

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Martin Van Buren

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8th President
1837-1841
Democratic Party
VP: Richard Johnson
Born in New York
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William Henry Harrison

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9th President
1841 (one month)
Whig Party
VP: John Tyler
Born in Virginia
Last President born under Colonial Rule and Gradfather of Benjamin Harrison
First president to die in office
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John Tyler

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10th President
1841-1845
Whig Party
VP: NONE 
Born in Virginia
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James K Polk

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11th President
1845-1849
Democratic Party
VP: George Dallas
Born in North Carolina
Famine hits Ireland - migration, Gold Rush
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Zachary Taylor

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12th President
1849-1850 
Whig Party
VP: Millard Fillmore 
Born in Virginia
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Millard Fillmore

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13th President
1850-1853
Whig Party
VP: NONE
Born in New York
Uncle Tom’s Cabin published
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Franklin Pierce

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14th President
1853-1857
Democratic Party
VP: William King (1853), NONE (1853-1857)
Born in New Hampshire
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James Buchanan

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15th President
1857-1861
Democratic Party
VP: John Breckinridge
Born in Pennsylvania
John Brown raid on Harpers Ferry
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Abraham Lincoln

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16th President
1861-1865 (two-term cut short by assassination)
Republican Party
VP: Hannibal Hamlin (1861-1865), Andrew Johnson (1865)
Born in Kentucky
US Civil War starts, First president to be assassinated in office five days after war end

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Andrew Johnson

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17th President
1865-1869
Republican Party
VP: NONE
Born in North Carolina
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Ulysses S. Grant

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18th President
1869-1877 (two-term)
Republican Party
VP: Schuyler Colfax (1869-1873), Henry Wilson (1873-1875), NONE 1875-1877
Born in Ohio
Creates first National Park (Yellowstone), Stanley finds Livingstone, Tammany Hall scandal in NYC, Custer massacre at Little Big Horn

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Rutherford B. Hayes

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19th President
1877-1881
Republican Party
VP: William Wheeler
Born in Ohio
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James A. Garfield

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20th President
1881
Republican Party
VP: Chester A. Arthur 
Born in Ohio
Assassinated, Published famous Pythagorean theorem proof
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Chester A. Arthur

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21st President
1881-1885
Republican Party
VP: NONE
Born in Vermont
Brooklyn Bridge opens, Krakatoa erupts
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Grover Cleveland

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22nd AND 24th President
1885-1889 and 1893-1897 (two-term non-consecutive)
Democratic Party
VP: Thomas Hendricks (1885), NONE (1885-1889), Adlai Stevenson (1893-1897)
Born in New Jersey
Statue of Liberty dedicated, First Modern Olympics

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Benjamin Harrison

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23rd President
1889-1893
Republican Party
VP: Levi Morton
Born in Ohio
Yosemite becomes second National Park, Lizzie Borden kills parents
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William McKinley

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25th President
1897-1901 (two-term cut short by assassination)
Republican Party
VP: Garret Hobart (1897-1899), NONE (1899-1901), Theodore Roosevelt (1901)
Born in Ohio
Third President to be Assassinated in office (Lincoln & Garfield)
Teddy Roosevelt charges San Juan Hill

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Theodore Roosevelt

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26th President
1901-1909
Republican Party
VP: NONE (1901-1905), Charles Fairbanks (1905-1909)
Born in New York
Wright Brothers fly, SF Earthquake
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William Howard Taft

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27th President
1909-1913
Republican Party
VP: James Sherman (1909-1912), NONE (1913)
Born in Ohio
Also went on to become Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Potomac Cherry trees are planted at inaugural,

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Woodrow Wilson

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28th President
1913-1921 (two-term)
Democratic Party
VP: Thomas Marshall
Born in Virginia
Previously was Governor of NJ and President of Princeton University
Direct Election of Senate (17th Amendment), WWI (1914-1918), Panama Canal, Long Distance Telephone test, Air mail starts, League of Nations, Prohibition, Women’s Suffrage

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Warren Harding

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29th President
1921-1923
Republican Party
VP: Calvin Coolidge
Born in Ohio
Third to die in office (William Harrison, Zachary Taylor)
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Calvin Coolidge

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30th President
1923-1929
Republican Party
VP: NONE (1923-1925), Charles Dawes (1925-1929)
Born in Vermont (on Independence Day)
Scopes Monkey Trial, Lindbergh Transatlantic Flight

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Herbert Hoover

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31st President
1929-1933
Republican Party
VP: Charles Curtis
Born in Iowa
President during 1929 crash and start of Great Depression, Star Spangled made National Anthem, First Woman Senator, Amelia Earhart crosses Atlantic
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt

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32nd President
1933-1945 (only three-term President)
Democratic Party
VP: John Garner (1933-1941), Henry Wallace (1941-1945), Harry S. Truman (1945)
Born in New York
Created the New Deal and led from Great Depression to WWII, End of Prohibition, Social Security Act, Minimum Wage, Fourth to die in office

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Harry S. Truman

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33rd President
1945-1953
Democratic Party
VP: None (1945-1949), Alben Barkley (1949-1953)
Born in Missouri
Atomic Bomb, WWII end, UN created, Philippines gain independence from USA, CIA created, Marshall Plan, NATO, Korean War, Presidential two-term limit, Puerto Rico becomes US Commonwealth

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Dwight Eisenhower

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34th President
1953-1961 (two-term)
Republican Party
VP: Richard Nixon
Born in Pennsylvania 
Interstate Highway System, and Korean armistice, Rosenbergs executed for espionage, McCarthyism, Brown vs Board of Ed ruling, Alaska and Hawaii become states
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John F. Kennedy

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35th President
1961-1963
Democratic Party
VP: Lyndon Johnson
Born in Massachusetts
Space Race, Cuban Missile Crisis, Peace Corps, Rise of Berlin Wall, MLK “I Have a Dream” speech
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Lyndon Baines Johnson

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36th President
1963-1969
Democratic Party
VP: NONE (1963-1965), Hubert Humphrey (1965-1969)
Born in Texas
Great Society, War on Poverty, 1965 Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Start of Vietnam War, Miranda decision, MLK and RFK assassinated

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Richard M. Nixon

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37th President
1969-1974 (two-term cut short by impeachment)
Republican Party
VP: Spiro Agnew (1969-1973), Gerald Ford (1973-1974)
Born in California
Watergate, End of Vietnam War, Visited China, Creation of EPA, Apollo 11 landing, Voting age lowered to 18, SALT I Agreement, Roe v Wade decision

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Gerald Ford

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38th President
1974-1977
Republican Party
VP: Nelson Rockefeller 
Born in Nebraska
Served out Nixon term, WIN (Whip Inflation Now)
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Jimmy Carter

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39th President
1977-1981
Democratic Party
VP: Walter Mondale 
Born in Georgia
Camp David peace agreement between Israel & Egypt, Three-Mile Island, Iranian US Embassy hostage crisis
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Ronald Reagan

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40th President
1981-1989 (two-term)
Republican Party
VP: George H.W. Bush
Born in Illinois
Survives assassination attempt, O’Connor 1st woman SCOTUS, USA invades Grenada, Challenger disaster
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George H.W. Bush

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41st President
1989-1993
Republican Party
VP: Dan Quayle
Born in Massachusetts
Exxon Valdez Spill, Gulf War 1 (Desert Storm), Clarence Thomas harassment hearings, Rodney King beating
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Bill Clinton

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42nd President
1993-2001
Democratic Party
VP: Al Gore
Born in Arkansas
NAFTA, OKC bombing, Columbine shooting
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George W. Bush

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43rd President
2001-2009
Republican Party
VP: Dick Cheney
Born in Connecticut
9/11, Homeland Security created, Gulf War 2, Space Shuttle Columbia explosion, Hurricane Katrina, Roberts becomes SCOTUS Chief Justice
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Barack Obama

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44th President
2009-2017 (two-term)
Democratic Party
VP: Joe Biden
Born in Hawaii
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Donald Trump

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45th President
2017-2021
Republican Party
VP: Mike Pence
Born in New York
45
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Joe Biden

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46th President
2021-present
Democratic Party
VP: Kamala Harris
Born in Pennsylvania

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